A 13-year-old Michigan boy died in his sleep three days after receiving the coronavirus vaccine in June and the Facilities for Illness Management has opened an investigation into the demise, a report mentioned on Sunday.
Jacob Clynick — who was making ready to enter highschool in the autumn — acquired his second dose of the Pfizer vaccine at a Walgreens in Zilwaukee, Mich. on June 13, his aunt instructed the Detroit Free Press.
Jacob was wholesome and had no underlying well being situations. Within the two days following the second jab, the one negative effects he had skilled had been the identical ones most others needed to take care of: fatigue and fever.
On June 15, two nights after receiving the second dose, Jacob complained of a abdomen ache earlier than going to sleep and by no means awoke.
“He handed away in the nighttime at residence,” his aunt, Tammy Burages, mentioned.
The CDC investigation was confirmed by the county well being division. The medical expert carried out an post-mortem, though a reason for demise has not been decided.
“The investigation as as to if there’s a correlation between his demise and vaccination is now on the federal stage with CDC,” the Saginaw County Well being Division Medical Director instructed the Free Press in a press release.
“In the meantime, the well being division continues to encourage households to talk with their physicians to weigh their very own dangers and advantages of vaccination.”
Jacob’s demise was reported a month after the CDC acklowdeged “comparatively few” experiences of myocarditis, an irritation of the guts muscle, amongst adolescents and younger adults who obtain the vaccine, although most circumstances had been minor.
The American Academy of Pediatrics agreed, calling the ailment “a particularly uncommon facet impact,” including that the majority circumstances aren’t extreme and other people usually recuperate with out therapy.
As Jacob’s household proceed to mourn the boy’s premature passing, his aunt expressed the significance of figuring out whether or not the vaccine was utterly protected for kids.
“If there are components that may make it riskier for some youngsters (to get a vaccine), I hope well being officers can determine what these are,” she mentioned.
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